The Bride of Lammermoor is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott published in 1819 The novel is set in the Lammermuir Hills of south-east Scotland and tells of a tragic love affair between young Lucy Ashton and her familys enemy Edgar Ravenswood Scott indicated the plot was based on an actual incident The Bride of Lammermoor and A Legend of Montrose were published together as the third of Scotts Tales of My Landlord series As with all the Waverl...